Anyone Living in SF Can Get A FREE COVID Test

If you have COVID symptoms or believe you’ve been exposed, you can get a COVID 19 test now in San Francisco whether you have health insurance or not. Here is a directory and map of testing sites. All other info is bellow.

For essential workers

A frontline or essential worker is anyone who leaves their home for work and:

Interacts in person with members of the public

Cannot maintain social distancing at their jobs

Works directly with vulnerable populations (such as those who are experiencing homelessness, have serious medical conditions, or who are over age 60)

Frontline and essential workers include those who work in healthcare, public safety, food service, grocery, construction, delivery, janitorial, transit, social work, or street cleaning, among other jobs.

Workers may work for a private organization/company, a small business, a nonprofit, a public entity, or the City and County of San Francisco. Active volunteers who meet the criteria are also eligible. ​​​​​​

1. Make an appointment

You can get tested at a CityTestSF site or one of several locations in San Francisco by making an appointment.

They will also ask about your contacts. These are people you have been close to, like people you live with. Your contacts will have to stay quarantined until they know they aren’t sick.

If your test is negative but you still feel sick, stay at home for 72 hours after you first felt sick. But if you work with older adults or people with pre-existing health conditions, consider staying home for at least 10 days after you first felt sick.

About the test

The COVID-19 testing available detects if you have the virus at the time you take the test. It does not test for immunity or if you had the virus in the past.

If your test is negative, you must still be careful. You can still get infected.

If you test negative and have COVID-19 symptoms later, take the test again. You might have gotten infected after you took the test.

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